Errata

RobC · August 28th, 2006, 11:21 PM

First, the header near the top of the page should probably be "Static Methods and Properties," not "Shared Methods and Properties."

Next, this sentence:

Quote:

quote:The introduction of the Shared keyword means that a class is no longer required,

...should be:

Quote:

quote:The introduction of the static keyword means that a class is no longer required,

And the last code block:

Code:

Utils.Log("An exception occurred");

...should be:

Code:

Tools.Log("An exception occurred");

DaveSussman · August 30th, 2006, 03:09 AM

You are correct on all counts. The shared/static thing was, from looking at my chapter, something that got backed out and I'm not sure why.

RobC · August 30th, 2006, 08:17 AM

Hi Dave,

I see you are the author of chapter 9. I don't mean to pick on you; the errors in chapter 9 are, I think, representative of the problems found throughout the book. There was a Try It Out in chapter 7 with a Details View control that I simply couldn't get to work -- I went through it a couple of times, and every time I got a runtime error when I tried to update the record.

The point I was trying to make was: I think it would be good if someone at Wrox went through the book to make sure the examples are correct. For example, on page 634 the solution for exercise C in Chapter 9 (NOT A > 0 OR A < 5) reads:

Quote:

quote:True for integers 5 and below. Integers 6 and above will evaluate to False.

5 < 5 == True...? :)